Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-27
LADIES' COLUMN.
The Graceful Garments of Aspasia
and Creations of PhidiaS Serve
as Models for Modern Dress.
Designs and Suggestions for Mourning
Dresses-SCme Simple Costumes
for the Young and Gay.
Arrange mcnt Of skirts-Drsss for the sum
mer Jaunt-EtOn Jackets for Little
BOye-Gretchen Waists-Notes,

In this latitude any announcement that
spring is here is unnecessary, the bright
pink Of the peach tree, the lovely purple
tint of the lilac, the sweet breath of hya-
cinth and violet all tell the tale with such
emphasis there can be no doubS that the
coquettish goddess INDUCES no longer
daIliance with chilly winter, but has qui-
city turned to her legitimate work, and
what with bursting the swollen buds,
coaxing the tender foweret from It's green
sheathiug and lending her spare sugges-
tions to the queen of modes, for whom
she is high counsellor, the WinsOme maid
has business IN hand for several weeks.
The healthful Sunbeams lend CHEEKY eX-
hilaratiOn to all, and in none is it more
apparent than in the ladies VINO are now
actively solving the all-absOrbing
question of what to wear and how to
make it. Dressms king is indeed an art
and carried to it's Legitimate results re-
quires artistic Ifnius in the costumer,
There Is no gGF reason why the dress
maker should not rank with other artists,
for in the selection of COlOrS and the
adaptability OF style to form the success
full modiste must have the eye OF painter
and sculptor, and when ladies recognize
this TACT and receive cordially ladies in
this profession they viii be gamers in that
there viii be more talent and culture al
work to render women lovely. To say to
q woman who knows nothing Of her art
but mechanical execution that Greek
models are now sought would be mean-
ingless. but the woman Of culture would
easily recall the graceful drapeIies, the
pointed ceinture and classic abandon
which stamp the Greek idea and would
ind no difficulty in adapting these sug-
gestions TO the demands Of modern cos
tuning. The DirectOire style, OF which
so much is now written, is Cnlv
modification of the Greek, aud
this season both milliner and dress
maker must be able to utilize this
style revived. If once the prejudice be
removed ladies born and bred Will have
no hesitancy in becoming designers in IN |
art so peculiarly adapted to women.
The columns Of oil the fashion journals |
TEEN with glowing descriptions Of sum- !
mer fabrics. Great stress is pat on the |
pretty cotton dress goods, Scotch, French |
and chenille ginghamS, and sateens which |
emulate fOulsrds in luster, cOiur and pat
tern. Mention IS also made Of cotton
goods called crepe boucle, which comes in
all light cOlors and hsS perpendicular
stripes formed of coarse, knotty threads,
single and IL clusters of three on 4 Grape
like ground of the same color.
Some tasteful mourning dresses for
spring and summer are made of let black
cancels hair fabrics trimmed with Grape,
and others are of the finest qualities of
nuns yelling, with the broad selvages-
nearly two inches Wide-that are now
considered the most elegant finish for
draperies. A yelling dress for a widow
has the lower skirt falling in very wide
pleats, hemmed, and with three tucks